Walt Disney Company

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Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt...more Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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	Peter Pan by Walt Disney Company (Adaptation), Ron Dias, Eugene Bradley Coco 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 15,192 ratings — published 1970 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dumbo 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 10,497 ratings — published 1970 — 32 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 8,610 ratings — published 1952 — 39 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bambi by Walt Disney Company, Bob Grant 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 9,171 ratings — 32 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauty and the Beast by Walt Disney Company, Ellen Titlebaum (Adaptation) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 6,068 ratings — published 1941 — 53 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pinocchio 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 5,991 ratings — published 1940 — 38 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jungle Book (Disney The Jungle Book) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 4,184 ratings — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aladdin 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 3,286 ratings — published 1992 — 30 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disney's Alice in Wonderland 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 3,112 ratings — published 1951 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walt Disney's Cinderella by Walt Disney Company, Ron Dias (illustratior), Bill Lorencz (Illustratior) 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 2,173 ratings — published 1974 — 59 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.”
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“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
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“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”
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Best Disney Princess

Belle
Beauty and the Beast

42 votes, 29.0%

Mulan
Disney's Mulan

39 votes, 26.9%

Rapunzel
Tangled

18 votes, 12.4%

Ariel
Disney Princess The Little Mermaid

15 votes, 10.3%

Pocahontas
Disney's Pocahontas

9 votes, 6.2%

Cinderella
Walt Disney's Cinderella

7 votes, 4.8%

Tiana
Princess and the Frog

4 votes, 2.8%

Jasmine
Aladdin

4 votes, 2.8%

Snow White
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

3 votes, 2.1%

Merida Brave

3 votes, 2.1%

Aurora
Disney Princess Sleeping Beauty

1 vote, 0.7%

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